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School: Carysfort, Arklow

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Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
T. E. McAdoo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0923, Page 115

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    The hedge sparrows eggs are small and pale blue in colour. The chaffinch and robin both lay a very small egg. The robins is of a brownish colour with white in the middle. The chaffinches is a blueish grey with brown spots. The pheasants is much larger and is of an annamon brown. The thrushes egg is not very large. It is light blue with black specks. All these eggs are oval.
    Some people are superstitious at seeing a single magpie. They believe in the saying ;
    One for sorrow
    Two for mirth
    Three for a wedding
    And four for a birth
    Five for sickness
    Six for death
    Birds such as the curlew,blackbird,wild duck and peacock are heard screeching at the coming of bad weather
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Olive Kinch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Arklow, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mrs Kinch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Arklow, Co. Wicklow